Oct. 15, 2024 Kate Barr told CBS News that she was projected to lose the mostly Iredell N.C. Senate seat by 28 percentage points. As her website explains, "If I'm going to lose, we might as well have a little fun, raise a little hell, and shine a light on the impacts of gerrymandering along the ... Continue Reading →
Panel draws 3 of 8 in Nov. 5 contested county board elections
Oct. 8, 2024 Five of the next nine members of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners will not have faced the bracing, occasionally brutal, but always informative debate when candidates face partisan opposition in a general election. Two of the four incumbents who might return to the board ... Continue Reading →
Listening, and learning from, why some Meck. residents don’t vote
Sept. 3, 2024 Presenters Tuesday represented mostly community and nonprofit groups active in encouraging voter turnout. Many stand in the nonpartisan space, and must be careful in their comments. But they agreed to a stipulation that the agenda of the day was to examine low voter turnout in ... Continue Reading →
How to make an impact with voter canvassing
Aug, 27, 2024 Don't expect much to result from leaving a flyer at the door about the importance of voting. According to those speaking Tuesday, the way you rouse neighbors to vote is to send other neighbors to talk one-on-one. Make at least three in-person contacts with each voter, in addition ... Continue Reading →
Elections Director on preparations for November’s election
May 7, 2024; updated May 8 Michael Dickerson paces the floor as he talks, the way a brand-new public servant might. But he’s been Mecklenburg’s Elections Director since 1998. Take it as a sign that he never finishes fretting the details. It was a week before a second primary involving just two ... Continue Reading →
2024 March 5 Primary
– Page last updated March 18, 2024 based on Elections Board revisions of March 8 and March 15 The State Board of Elections reports unofficial election results in real time on Election Night for Mecklenburg voters here. This page carries vote counts only in Mecklenburg. That means that a top ... Continue Reading →
County Board D3 & D2: Challengers make their case
Feb. 13, 2024 Two newcomers, Felicia Thompkins and Charles Osborne, are offering County Commissioner District 2 and District 3 voters an alternative in the March 5 Democratic primary. Serving those district today are longterm incumbents Vilma Leake in District 2 and George Dunlap in District 3. ... Continue Reading →
Incumbents highlight county’s multiple challenges
Feb. 6, 2024 Maybe this year’s election will be a turning point for Mecklenburg County. Listen carefully to Tuesday’s conversation with all five Democratic candidates for three at-large seats on the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners. Two of the three incumbents have not served long ... Continue Reading →
Priorities, principles, preparation: 4 legislative candidates
Jan. 30, 2024 Three districts. Two houses of the legislature. Several generations. Two political parties. Mostly newbies in partisan politics, but a vast range of experiences. Tuesday's presentation captured only a fraction of the breadth of options available to Mecklenburg voters on March ... Continue Reading →
Democrats vie to challenge Tricia Cotham’s hold on NC House seat
Jan. 23, 2024 Two would-be Mecklenburg representatives to the N.C. General Assembly told Forum participants this morning about some of their background and their precinct-level involvement in the Democratic Party. They were asked about working with the Republican majority that regularly will not ... Continue Reading →
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